1954 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 4)
| Qualification for the 1954 FIFA World Cup  | ||
|---|---|---|
| UEFA | ||
| Group 1 | ||
| Group 2 | ||
| Group 3 | ||
| Group 4 | ||
| Group 5 | ||
| Group 6 | ||
| Group 7 | ||
| Group 8 | ||
| Group 9 | ||
| Group 10 | ||
| CONMEBOL | ||
| Group 11 | ||
| NAFC/CCCF | ||
| Group 12 | ||
| AFC | ||
| Group 13 | ||
Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
See also: 1954 FIFA World Cup
The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner France qualified for the fifth FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland.
Results
| 20 September 1953 | Luxembourg  |
1 – 6 |  France |
Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kohn  6' |
Report | Piantoni 5' Kopa 10'Cicci 41'Glovacki 44'Kargu 73'Flamion 88' |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Dörflinger (Switzerland) |
| 4 October 1953 | Republic of Ireland  |
3 – 5 | France |
Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan 58' (pen.) Walsh 83'O'Farrell 88' |
Report | Glovacki 23' Penverne 40'Ujlaki 50', 69'Flamion 72' |
Stadium: Dalymount Park Referee: Franken (Belgium) |
| 28 October 1953 | Republic of Ireland |
4 – 0 | Luxembourg |
Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzsimons 14' 83' Ryan 48' (pen.)Eglington 59' |
Report | Stadium: Dalymount Park Referee: Bond (England) |
| 25 November 1953 | France |
1 – 0 | Republic of Ireland |
Paris, France |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piantoni 73' |
Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium) |
| 17 December 1953 | France |
8 – 0 | Luxembourg |
Paris, France |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desgranges 2', 88' Vincent 6', 10'Fontaine 21', 75', 80'Foix 57' |
Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Roeykens (Belgium) |
| 7 March 1954 | Luxembourg |
0 – 1 | Republic of Ireland |
Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Cummins 67' |
Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Ausum (Netherlands) |
France qualified.
Final Table
| Final table | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | France |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 8 | X | 1:0 | 8:0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2. | Republic of Ireland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | 3:5 | X | 4:0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3. | Luxembourg |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 0 | 1:6 | 0:1 | X | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Team stats
France
Head coach: none, selected by committee
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | |
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|
Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Abdesselem Ben Mohammed | January 2, 1926 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Girondins Bordeaux |
| GK | Pierre Bernard | June 27, 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | Girondins Bordeaux |
| MF | Guillaume Bieganski | November 3, 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Lille O.S.C. |
| DF | Marius Bruat | June 27, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FC Sochaux |
| MF | Raymond Cicci | August 11, 1929 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Stade Reims |
| MF | Antoine Cuissard | July 19, 1924 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | OGC Nice |
| GK | Stéphane Dakoski | June 29, 1921 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | - | Nîmes Olympique |
| FW | Léon Deladerrière | June 29, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | FC Nancy |
| FW | Jean Desgranges | April 22, 1929 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | RC Lens |
| FW | Ferry | September 2, 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | AS Saint-Étienne |
| FW | Pierre Flamion | December 13, 1924 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Troyes AC |
| FW | Jacques Foix | November 26, 1930 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | AS Saint-Étienne |
| FW | Just Fontaine | August 18, 1933 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | OGC Nice |
| DF | Lazare Gianessi | November 9, 1925 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | AS Monaco |
| MF | Léon Glovacki | February 19, 1928 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Stade Reims |
| DF | Robert Jonquet | May 3, 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Stade Reims |
| FW | Édouard Kargu | December 16, 1925 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | Girondins Bordeaux |
| FW | Raymond Kopa | October 13, 1931 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Stade Reims |
| GK | Jean-Pierre Kress | March 1, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | RC Strasbourg |
| DF | Robert Lemaître | March 7, 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Lille O.S.C. |
| DF | André Lerond | December 6, 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | Olympique Lyonnais |
| MF | Abderrahman Mahjoub | April 25, 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | OGC Nice |
| MF | Jean-Jacques Marcel | June 13, 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | FC Sochaux |
| DF | Roger Marche | March 5, 1924 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Stade Reims |
| DF | Ahmed Mihoubi | June 2, 1924 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Toulouse FC |
| FW | Célestin Oliver | July 12, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | UA Sedan-Torcy |
| DF | Antoine Pazur | January 3, 1931 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Lille O.S.C. |
| DF | Armand Penverne | November 26, 1926 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Stade Reims |
| MF | Roger Piantoni | December 26, 1931 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FC Nancy |
| DF | René Pleimelding | February 13, 1925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | B | B | - | Toulouse FC |
| GK | François Remetter | August 8, 1928 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 1 | 82 | B | 90 | - | FC Metz |
| MF | André Strappe | February 23, 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Lille O.S.C. |
| MF | Joseph Ujlaki | August 10, 1929 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | OGC Nice |
| GK | René Vignal | August 12, 1926 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 90 | - | - | RCF Paris |
| FW | Jean Vincent | November 29, 1930 | 1 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Lille O.S.C. |
| FW | Raymond Wozniesko | January 17, 1930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | Girondins Bordeaux |
Republic of Ireland
Head coach: none, selected by committee, team manager: Alex Stevenson
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | |
|
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|
Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Tom Aherne | January 26, 1919 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |  /2[1] Luton Town |
| MF | Noel Cantwell | February 28, 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | /2[1] West Ham United |
| DF | Tommy Clinton | April 13, 1926 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | /2[1] Everton F.C. |
| FW | George Cummins | March 12, 1931 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | /2[1] Luton Town |
| DF | Seamus Dunne | April 13, 1930 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | /2[1] Luton Town |
| FW | Tommy Eglington | January 15, 1923 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | /2[1] Everton F.C. |
| DF/MF | Peter Farrell | August 16, 1922 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | /2[1] Everton F.C. |
| FW | Arthur Fitzsimons | December 16, 1929 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Middlesbrough F.C. |
| DF | Mick Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 |  Hibernian F.C. | |
| DF | Eddie Gannon | January 3, 1921 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | Sheffield Wednesday |
| FW | Johnny Gavin | April 20, 1928 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | /3[1] Norwich City |
| FW | Shay Gibbons | May 19, 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | St Patrick's Athletic |
| FW | Jimmy Hartnett | March 21, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Middlesbrough F.C. |
| FW | Freddie Kearns | November 8, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | /2[1] West Ham United |
| Noel Kelly | December 28, 1921 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | /2[1] Nottingham Forest | |
| DF | Robin Lawler | August 28, 1925 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | /2[1] Fulham F.C. |
| MF | Con Martin | March 20, 1923 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | Aston Villa |
| FW | Tommy Moroney | November 10, 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Evergreen United |
| FW | Liam Munroe | November 15, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Shamrock Rovers |
| MF | Frank O'Farrell | October 9, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | /2[1] West Ham United |
| GK | Jimmy O'Neill | October 13, 1931 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | /2[1] Everton F.C. |
| FW | Alf Ringstead | October 14, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Sheffield United |
| MF | Reg Ryan | February 13, 1925 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | West Bromwich Albion |
| MF | Pat Saward | August 17, 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | /3[1] Millwall F.C. |
| GK | Tom Scannell | June 3, 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | /3[1] Southend United |
| DF | Tommy Traynor | July 22, 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | /3[1] Southampton F.C. |
| FW | Davy Walsh | April 28, 1923 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | Aston Villa |
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
Luxembourg
Head coach: 
Béla Volentik
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played |
Goals | Minutes played |
Sub off | Sub on | |
|
|
|
Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Secondo Caldarelli | August 13, 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Progrès Niederkorn |
| DF | Henri Fickinger | July 25, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Progrès Niederkorn |
| MF | Fernand Guth | May 3, 1926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | - | - | - | Union Luxembourg |
| FW | Jos Hansen | June 8, 1932 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | B | - | The National Schifflange |
| FW | Lucien Karier | July 7, 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | The Belval Belvaux |
| FW | Paul Kemp | September 27, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Union Luxembourg |
| GK | Théo Kemp | September 25, 1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | B | Red Boys Differdange |
| FW | Antoine Kohn | November 1, 1933 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Jeunesse Esch |
| GK | Ferdy Lahure | March 28, 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | Progrès Niederkorn |
| DF | Roger Lorang | November 22, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Union Luxembourg |
| DF | Nicolas May | September 30, 1927 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Red Boys Differdange |
| DF | Jean-Pierre Mertl | April 23, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | B | Union Luxembourg |
| MF | Jules Meurisse | May 3, 1931 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Jeunesse Esch |
| DF | Robert Mond | December 13, 1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | - | Jeunesse Esch |
| DF | Josy Mosar | September 16, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Red Star Merl |
| MF | Armand Müller | July 26, 1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | B | AS Differdange |
| MF | François Müller | February 23, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Red Star Merl |
| MF | Guillaume Peiffer | May 2, 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | B | B | 90 | Fola Esch |
| DF | Michel Reuter | November 24, 1929 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | 90 | 90 | SC Tetingen |
| MF | Josy Roller | August 21, 1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | B | - | - | Progrès Niederkorn |
| DF | Léon Spartz | April 17, 1927 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | Red Boys Differdange |
| DF | Jacques Speck | November 5, 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | - | The National Schifflange |
| GK | Paul Steffen | January 17, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | Jeunesse Esch |
| DF | Camille Wagner | April 13, 1925 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
| FW | Roger Weydert | February 18, 1927 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Union Luxembourg |
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